Khoratpithecus

Khoratpithecus is an extinct genus of pongin primates that lived during the late Miocene (7–9 million years ago) in Myanmar and Thailand.

Khoratpithecus
Holotype mandible of Khoratpithecus ayeyarwadyensis from Myanmar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Hominidae
Subfamily:	Ponginae
Tribe:	Pongini
Genus:	†Khoratpithecus Chaimanee et al. 2004[1]
Type species
Khoratpithecus piriyai Chaimanee et al. 2004
Species
K. piriyai[1] K. ayeyarwadyensis[2] K. chiangmuanensis[3]

Three species belong to this genus:

• Khoratpithecus chiangmuanensis from Thailand (Chaimanee, Jolly, Benammi, Tafforeau, Duzer, Moussa & Jaeger, 2003) (formerly Lufengpithecus chiangmuanensis)
• Khoratpithecus piriyai from Thailand Chaimanee, Suteethorn, Jintasakul, Vidthayanon, Marandat & Jaeger, 2004
• Khoratpithecus ayeyarwadyensis from Myanmar Jaeger, Soe, Chavasseau, Coster, Emonet, Guy, Lebrun, Maung, Shwe, Tun, Oo, Rugbumrung, Bocherens, Benammi, Chaivanich, Tafforeau & Chaimanee, 2011

See also

• Lufengpithecus
• Griphopithecus
• Sivapithecus

References

1. Y. Chaimanee; V. Suteethorn; P. Jintasakul; C. Vidthayanon; B. Marandat; J.-J. Jaeger (2004). "A new orang-utan relative from the Late Miocene of Thailand". Nature. 427 (6973): 439–441. doi:10.1038/nature02245. PMID 14749830.
2. J.-J. Jaeger; A. N. Soe; O. Chavasseau; P. Coster; E.-G. Emonet; F. Guy; R. Lebrun; A. A. Maung; H. Shwe; S. T. Tun; K. L. Oo; M. Rugbumrung; H. Bocherens; M. Benammi; K. Chaivanich; P. Tafforeau; Y. Chaimanee (2011). "First Hominoid from the Late Miocene of the Irrawaddy Formation (Myanmar)". PLoS ONE. 6 (4): 1–14. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017065. PMC 3080362. PMID 21533131.
3. Y. Chaimanee; D. Jolly; Benammi, M.; Tafforeau, P.; Duzer, D.; Moussa, I. & J.-J. Jaeger (2003). "A Middle Miocene hominoid from Thailand and orangutan origins". Nature. 422 (6927): 61–65. doi:10.1038/nature01449. PMID 12621432.